Jets hire Jim Bob Cooter as RBs coach, finalize staff

Jim Bob Cooter takes on Unique York. The frail Detroit Lions offensive coordinator lands as the Jets running backs coach, the crew announced Friday. After three fleshy seasons as Detroit’s OC, Cooter and the Lions parted systems after a season in which the coordinator acquired exceptional of the blame for the unit’s regression in Matt Patricia’s first season.

JBC will work beneath new coach Adam Gase and offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Dowell Loggains. The 34-300 and sixty five days-broken-down assistant has by no methodology been a running backs coach in old stints however worked with Gase in Denver in 2013, where Cooter used to be a Broncos offensive assistant when Gase served as the OC. The Jets might per chance look to strengthen their running reduction unit in Gase’s first season. Isaiah Crowell and Elijah McGuire sit down as the tip two backs with Bilal Powell headed to free agency. Gang Inexperienced has long been rumored to be in the combine to expose on Le’Veon Bell’s services given their want for a dual-threat workhorse and mountainous salary cap availability. Along with announcing the fleshy workers, the Jets also added Shawn Jefferson as assistant head coach offense/extensive receivers, Bo Hardegree as an offensive assistant, John Dunn as tight ends coach, Frank Pollack as offensive line coach, Derek Frazier as assistant offensive line coach, Frank Bush as assistant head coach defense/inner linebackers, Andre Carter as line of defense coach, Joe Vitt as senior defensive assistant/exterior linebackers, Blake Williams as a defensive assistant and Eric Sanders as a defensive assistant.